Blue Window
  • Home

Happy New Year to all of Poetry Friday!

12/28/2017

36 Comments

 

I'm not much for resolutions, but this year felt different. I'm looking forward to a productive writing year and hope you all have productive years as well. In that spirit, here is a poem I wrote describing my writing resolution for the new year. Blessings to all and Peace on Earth!

Picture
Thank you to Heidi for hosting. It is a fun day to be hosting to be sure. Best wishes for a wonderful year, Heidi!
36 Comments

My First School Visit Including Student Poems

12/14/2017

47 Comments

 
Picture
Reading my "Bird on the Brain" poem, inspired by Paul Klee's painting with my little Crazy Bird looking on. A bird on the brain can be one great big pain...!

I spoke to 4 classes of 5th graders at Pinecrest Elementary for The Great American Teachin on 11/16/17 involving Ms. Gould, Ms. Galvin, Ms. Sparks and Ms. Boyle. Pinecrest Elementary is in Lithia, FL, a beautiful, very large elementary school in a rural town. It was lovely!

​My power point presentation included poem readings, poem performances, and discussion of the poems. The students were welcoming and seemed to be enjoying my talk. Since many of my poems were about animals, I asked the students to do "homework" - write a poem about an animal - any animal - or write a poem in the voice of an animal. Here is the wonderful and heart-warming smorgasbord of poems and pictures that I received, not to mention the lovely letters of appreciation!

​Let's start out with a poem by Levi, who wrote:
​

Picture
Love that last line, Levi!

​Here's a note and poem by Savannah!
Picture

Here's a fun poem by Joleigh!
Picture

Nice, Joleigh! Got to get rid of that hair
​                                   sittin' everywhere!


And a lovely note and poem from Evan!
Picture
That's a good ending, Evan!

Next, a poem by Jacob M.
Picture
.That's a wonderful poem, Jacob, and what a long-lived dog! I wish every dog would live that long! :)

​Thank you for sending a poem about losing a pet, Eric! This poem is by an anonymous poet and can be found HERE
Thank you, also, to Lenis G. for your lovely note! 

Thank you, thank you, Lithia Elementary, for welcoming me. I had a wonderful time sharing my poetry with your 5th graders! And to you 5th graders - you know who you are - keep on writing!  All the Best, B.J. Lee
Picture
Picture
47 Comments

    Enter your email address:

    Delivered by FeedBurner

    Visit my Website
     my  Website
    Picture

    Author

    B. J. Lee is a children’s author and poet. Her picture book, There Was an Old Gator Who Swallowed a Moth, is launching with Pelican Publishing on February 15, 2019. She has poems in 25 poetry anthologies published by  Little, Brown, Wordsong, BloomsburyUK, National Geographic, Otter-Barry Books, Pomelo Books, and Chicken Soup for the Soul. She has worked with anthologists Lee Bennett Hopkins, J. Patrick Lewis and Kenn Nesbitt. She has written poems for such children’s magazines as Spider, Highlights and The School Magazine. Follow her on Twitter @bjlee_writer.

    Picture

    Poets' Garage website
    Picture
    Picture

    Picture

    Archives

    December 2020
    November 2018
    December 2017
    October 2017
    June 2017
    April 2017
    March 2017
    February 2017
    January 2017
    November 2016
    July 2014
    May 2014
    April 2014
    March 2014
    December 2013
    October 2013
    September 2013
    August 2013

    Categories

    All
    Adult Poetry
    Algernon Swinburne
    Anapest
    And The Crowd Goes Wild
    Ballad
    Bree Ogden
    Carol-Ann Hoyte
    Childrens Poet Laureate
    David L. Harrison
    Diving
    Dolphins
    Dylan Thomas
    Feminine Ending
    Fractured Fairy Tale
    Free Verse
    Fungibility
    Gordon Lightfoot
    Heidi Bee Roemer
    Highlights For Children
    Iamb
    Incontinent
    Julie Rowan-Zoch
    Kate Bernadette Benedict
    Kenn Nesbitt
    Laura Sassi
    Len Ebert
    Lewis Carroll
    Limerick
    March Madness
    Mask Poem
    Monorhyme
    One Minute Till Bedtime
    Osprey
    Parody
    Parroty
    Poem For Two Voices
    Poetry
    Poetry Friday
    Poetry Minute
    Repeating Forms
    Robert Service
    Roundel
    Sailboats
    Skateboard Girl
    Speculative Poetry
    Sports Poems
    The Horizon
    The Sea
    Underneath The Juniper Tree
    Villanelle
    Whales
    Witches

    Picture

    Includes my poem "Skateboard Girl"

    Picture
    Includes my poem "The Red Crabs of Christmas Island"

    Picture
    Coming in 2018 National Geographic's book of US: 200 Poems of People, Places, and Passions (edited by J. Patrick Lewis.)
    Will include my poem, "Groundhognostication"

    Picture
    Includes my story, "Alice and Snowball"

    Picture
    Includes my poem, "High Dive"
    Picture
    Includes my nominated poem, "Dream Train"
    Picture
    Includes my nominated poem, "The Tortoise's Encounter"
    Picture
    Includes my nominated poem, "The Legend of the Flying Dutchman"

    RSS Feed

    Picture
    Includes my poem, "A Streetcar Named Happily Ever After"

Powered by Create your own unique website with customizable templates.